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I have a top-level config file logback.xml and another file logback-included.xml. If I set the scan=true in the logback.xml file, will the included file also be scanned for changes? Is scan=true applicable for &lt;included&gt; tag as well? I find that the scanning doesn't happen, when I change the included file. Should I do anything special?<br><br>--- logback.xml ---<br>&lt;configuration scan="true"&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;include file="logback-included.xml" /&gt;<br>&lt;/configuration&gt;<br><br>--- logback-included.xml ---<br>&lt;included scan="true"&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender"&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;file&gt;mylog.log&lt;/file&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;rollingPolicy&nbsp; class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy"&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;FileNamePattern&gt;mylog.log.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}&lt;/FileNamePattern&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/rollingPolicy&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;encoder&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;pattern&gt;%date %level [%thread] %logger{15} %msg%n&lt;/pattern&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/encoder&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/appender&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;root&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;level value="DEBUG" /&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;appender-ref ref="FILE" /&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/root&gt;<br>&lt;/included&gt;<br>                                               <br /><hr />Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1' target='_new'>Learn more.</a></body>
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